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Picking up where last week’s episode left off, Prabu David examines algorithmic bias. Rebecca Wexler explains the black box nature of algorithms used in the criminal justice system and explains why Glenn Rodríguez was denied parole by the COMPAS algorithm.

GUEST: Rebecca Wexler, co-director of the Berkeley Center for Law and Technology.

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ARTICLE: When a Computer Program Keeps You In Jail. New York Times.

Prabu David is provost and senior vice president of Academic Affairs at the Rochester Institute of Technology in New York. Prior to taking on that role in 2023, David was dean of the College of Communication Arts and Sciences at Michigan State University.